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WESTERING MAN by Bil Gilbert Atheneum; 339 pages...
...first sheriff of Independence, Mo., the first white man to lead a party to the brink of the Yosemite Valley and the first to lead a wagon train into California, in 1843. Frontiersman Joseph Walker, says Biographer Bil Gilbert, "should have become a gaudy boon to the toy and TV industries" like his contemporary, Kit Carson. The reason he did not: Walker's stubborn refusal to embroider his achievements for legend-hungry Eastern journalists. So they "moved on to men and events that could be conventionally romanticized...
...Westering Man offers an unfamiliar frontier landscape. Here, the Indians are con men, whisky distilling is a regional pastime, and meteorites terrify intrepid explorers. The mood is antic, but the True West is not always the most appealing of places. Still, Joseph Walker is its true exemplar, and Bil Gilbert is its true celebrator. Those in search of myth should try Louis L'Amour or Zane Grey...
...Family Circus Christmas Special." This is a must see for everyone who loves reading Bil Keane's daily cartoons about his kids. The only problem is that they never seem to grow older, and always talk all at once...
Last week Citicorp's pursuit of consumer cash paid its biggest dividend so far. After a four-month campaign that in directly pitted it against the only larger U.S. financial institution, San Francisco's BankAmerica Corp. (assets: $121.5 bil lion), the Federal Home Loan Bank Board approved Citicorp's bid to buy the troubled Fidelity Savings & Loan Association of San Francisco. If upheld by the Federal Reserve Board, as expected, the takeover would mark the first time feder al regulators have allowed a bank holding company to cross both state and industry lines to buy a thrift...